Compartment freight car



Mar. 20, 1923.

A. H. SMITH.

COMPARTMENT FREIGHT CAR.

-' FILED DEC.2I, I921.

To all whom it may concern-.-

Patented Mar. 20), 119236. I

narrate SKATES aaaaaa ALFRED H. SMITH, OF CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK.

' COMPARTMENT FREIGHT CAR.

Application filed December 21, 1921. Serial No; 524,035.

Be it known that I, ALFRED H. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Chappaqua, in the county of 'Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compartment Freight Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to carriers adapted to receive and transport containers holding less than car load lots.

The object of my invention is to provide a carrier and containers of such construction that the containers may be placed on the carrier and maintained against shifting and rocking on the carrier without the aid of any manually operated or movable fastening device.

My invention consists of a carrier having a platform and bulkheads extending verticall from said platform at the sides and ends thereof, bulkheads disposed transversely of the carrier at intervals between which containers may be positioned on the platform of the carrier, with suitable guiding elements fixedly secured to said containers and some of said bulkheads, whereby the containers are guided into position as they are being loaded onto the carrier between said bulkheads.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a detail sectional view of a carrier and two containers thereon.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a carrier and two containers thereon, the carrier and containers being broken away,

Fig. 3 is a detail vertical transverse section of the carrier.

The reference numeral 1 designates the carrier provided with a platform 2 and side walls 3, which side walls project a substantial distance above the platform of the carrier, and are provided at the top with an angle iron 4 which rigidifies the side walls. End walls of the same construction are provided for the carrier, but are not shown in the drawing.

In the description I shall sometimes refer tothe side and end walls as bulkheads.

The carrier is provided at intervals throughout its length with'a transverse bulkhead 5, which extends from side wall to side wall and projects upwardly a distance equal to the height of the side walls. cured at each end and on both sides of the bulkheads are combined spacing and building elements 6, having flanges 7 which are riveted to the bulkhead 5, and the flanges 8 which are riveted to the side walls of the car, whereby the bulkheads 5 are firmly secured in position. The spacing members 6 have their upper ends beveled inwardly as at 9, which bevel functionsas a guide to direct the container being lowered onto a car, into position between the-bulkheads.

The containers 10. are of a suitable construction, designed to securely hold freight, et 'cetera, each container being provided on each of two walls thereof with a guiding and spacing member 11, having a convex throughout its length, which convex surface is adapted to cooperate with the bevel 9 of the spacing member 6 to guide the container into position between the bulkheads, besides which it fits snugly against the vertical face of the spacing member 6, whereby the container is securelyv held against rocking and shifting on the platform of the CaIIleI'.

lVhile 'I have selected the embodiment shown for the purpose of illustrating my invention, it will, of course, be understood that changes may be made in the details of the construction without departing from the scope ofthe appended claims.

hat I claim is:

' 1. In a carrier having a platform and bulkheads extending vertically from said platform at its perimeter, bulkheads disposed transversely of the carrier at intervals throughout the length of the carrier between which containers may be positioned on the platform of the carrier, guides secured at each end and to both sides of the transverse bulkheads and terminating in a bevel to guide the containers into position between the bulkheads.

2. In a carrier having a platform, and side and end walls projecting a material distance above the platform, partitions extending transversely of the carrier, spacing elements secured to each side of each partitions and at each end thereof, and secured to the partition and to the side wall of the carrier, and terminating at their upper ends in a bevel to guide containers into position between said partitions and hold them against shifting on the carrier.

3. In a carrier having a platform, and side and end walls projecting a material distance above the platform, partitions extend- I 'ing transversely of the carrier from side wall to side wall, spacing elements secured to each side of each partition and'at each end thereof, a container positioned between each pair of partitions, and guides secured at each lower corner of the container, adapted to engage the spacing elements on the partitions and direct the container into poing transversely of the carrier from side.

wall to side wall, spacing elements secured to each side and at both ends of the partition's, a container positioned between each pair of partitions, and convex guides secured at .each lower corner of the container adapted to co-operate with the spacing elements to direct the container into position as itis lowered onto the carrier, also to hold the container against shifting on the carrier. 5. In a carrier having a platform and side and end walls projecting a material distance above the platform, partitions extending transversely of the carrier from side wall to side wall, spacing elements secured to each side and at both ends of thepartitions and beveled off at-the-top toward the partition, a container positioned between each pair of partitions, and convex guides secured at each lower corner of the container adapted to co-operate with the spacing elements to direct the containerinto position as it is lowered onto the carrier, also to hold the container against shifting on the carrier. 4

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. ALFRED H. SMITH. 

